888 Holdings has confirmed the senior executive promotions of Yaniv Schwartz and Yaniv Sherman who will oversee specialist functions within the FTSE-listed firm’s operations. Schwartz who has been with the operator since 2011, acting as Head of Dragonfish B2B gaming division will take on the specialist function on Head of Group Customer Risk Management. Moving forward Schwartz will lead 888 …
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European online bookmaker 10Bet has confirmed that it has boosted its live sports streams portfolio for its UK domain 10Bet.co.uk by partnering with Betradar Live Channel Online services. The partnership will see 10Bet UK gain access to over 30,000 live stream events per year via the Live Channel Online portfolio. Live content will include football, tennis, basketball streams from multiple …
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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that his government will move to ban all gambling-related advertisements and marketing during live sports broadcasts aired before a watershed of 8:30 pm. PM Turnbull informed the media of the blanket ban pre-watershed, which is set to cover all verticals including TV, radio and Internet. Australian horse racing will be exempt from the …
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Ladbrokes long-term PR Manager and Head of News Alex Donohue has joined the LADbible Group taking on the role of Brand Partnerships Manager for its ODDSbible vertical. Donohue leaves the UK bookmaker following seven years of service within Ladbrokes’ PR and media relations team. Joining the LADbible Group, Donohue informed SBC that he was taking on a ‘newly created role’ …
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Susan O’Leary, director of eCommerce at Alderney, says the football betting industry needs to embrace regulation to ensure long-term success. The relationship between football betting operators and governments, regulators and advertising watchdogs has, and always will be, a game of tug of war. Operators want to maximise exposure for their brands and offer consumers more markets across more games and leagues …
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The governance of Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has confirmed that it will seek to create a further 100 new jobs within its Yorkshire offices of Leeds and Sheffield. Online betting operator SB&G is one of Yorkshire’s biggest technology employers, the betting firm has further been listed as one of the UK’s fastest growing digital tech enterprises. Since being taken …
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The Daily Telegraph has this weekend reported that Delia Bushell has resigned as Managing Director of TV & Sport for UK telecoms operator BT Group (BT). Bushell a former BSKYB executive joined the telecoms operator in 2014, given the mandate of developing BT’s television/broadcast properties. At the time, BT governance looked to defend the firm’s position against the mounting challenge …
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Seeking to boost its UK brand profile, this weekend Betsson Group subsidiary Betsafe launched its new advertising campaign ‘Passion Overcomes the Odds’. The 60-second TV advertisement was initially aired on Sky Sports channels this Saturday, with Betsafe marketing informing that further campaign spots would follow on ITV, Channel 4 and Eurosport broadcasts. The campaign which features new Betsafe brand ambassador …
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OIA Services becomes the latest regulated Italian operator to sign an agreement for 1X2Network’s product suite, including titles from 1X2gaming and the new sisterbrand gaming content developer Iron Dog Studio. The new partnership will see a vast array of content that is now available for the Italian market made accessible to OIA syndicated brands. With the deal signed this week …
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The Champions League tie between Borussia Dortmund and Monaco came out as the top match in April on bettingexpert, with Unibet the top bookmaker for the match at the Westfalenstadion. Statistics from the bettingexpert community showed 238 tips on the quarter final first leg, with 52 of those placed on Unibet (21%), 33 on bet365 (13.9%) and 19 on William …
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